Roseann Liu

Roseann Liu is an assistant professor of educational studies and Asian American studies at Swarthmore College. She is a scholar of race, education inequality, and social justice. She has published about multiracial solidarity, structural racism in school funding, and engaged methodologies. Her book, Designed to Fail: Why Racial Equity in School Funding Is So Hard to Achieve, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2024. Liu is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Academy of Education, Spencer Foundation, American Educational Research Association, and Wenner-Gren Foundation. Liu received her B.S. in early childhood and elementary education from New York University, an M.Ed. in education leadership and policy from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a joint Ph.D. in anthropology and education from the University of Pennsylvania.